Preparation

Preheat oven to 375°F. Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Stir 2 cups chocolate chips in medium metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth. Measure 2/3 cup melted chocolate; transfer to small metal bowl and reserve for drizzling.

Bake cookies until cracked all over and tester inserted into center comes out with large moist crumbs attached, 8 to 9 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes. Transfer cookies on parchment paper to racks to cool completely.

Rewarm reserved 2/3 cup chocolate over small saucepan of simmering water. Using fork, drizzle chocolate over cookies. Sprinkle crushed candy canes over, arranging some pieces with red parts showing. Chill just until chocolate sets, about 20 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 weeks ahead. Store airtight in freezer. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Recent Review

I've made this recipe twice now (within a week) as written. If you're looking for a very flavorful chocolate peppermint cookie, I'd say this is very good one. Super simple to make, too. A couple of comments:
- This recipe makes approximately 35 oz of dough. So, unless you want to make tiny button cookies, there is no way to get 50 cookies from this recipe. I made 1.5 oz cookies and was able to squeek out about 21 - 22.
- As other reviewers mentioned, the dough is very moist at first and really not possible to roll. I put the dough in the friedge for about 30 minutes and that took care of that issue.
- The only modification I made was to add 1 1/2 cups of the melted chocolate to the dough, meaning I reserved only 1/2 cup versus the 2/3 cup the for which the recipe calls. The 1/2 cup reserve was more than plenty for drizzling. Instead of drizzling, I spread a layer of chocolate on top and then sprinkled the crushed peppermint candies.
- I use an oven thermometer and it consistently read 375 degrees, which is the baking time indicated. It took closer to 10-11 minutes for the cookies to bake.But, (This may be due to that my cookies were bigger than the tablespoon size listed in the recipe.
- All in all, in my opinion a fairly foolproof and delicious cookie recipe!